Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants are waiting for their applications to be processed on the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

Data on outstanding applications are not routinely published by the Home Office. However, the Hon Member can be assured that ordinary applications made under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are currently being processed within the published service standards, which can be found here:

Ukraine: customer service standards - GOV.UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the backlog of visa applications under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

Data on outstanding applications are not routinely published by the Home Office. However, the Hon Member can be assured that ordinary applications made under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are currently being processed within the published service standards, which can be found here:

Ukraine: customer service standards - GOV.UK.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure constituents are financially supported when requesting a letter from their GP.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

There are some medical evidence letters, certificates or reports that general practices (GPs) may charge for, and others that they must not charge patients for. The legislation that sets this out is The National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023, which form the basis of the GP contract with the NHS. There is no statutory limit to the level of such fees as this is outside of core NHS work.

The Professional Fees Committee of the British Medical Association suggests guideline fees for such services to help doctors set their own professional fees. We are continuing to work across Government to cut red tape and improve ways of working, including work to improve the patient experience, such as removing the need to request unnecessary medical evidence where possible.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to introduce (a) misogyny and (b) the treatment of women onto the national curriculum in schools.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Gillingham and Rainham to the answer of 1 April 2025 to Question 40591.

Found: present: Florence Eshalomi (Chair); Chris Curtis; Mr Lee Dillon; Maya Ellis; Mr Will Forster; Naushabah Khan